acquittal

If the court declines to grant an acquittal, his attorneys argued that a new trial is required due to "severe spillover prejudice from reams of inflammatory evidence".

At the start of a criminal trial, jurors are told that there are two acquittal verdicts - but it is not explained how they differ.

He used the grounds as a backdrop for negotiating the 1994 accord between Israel and Jordan, and he addressed the press there in 1999 after his acquittal by the Senate on impeachment charges.

His friends and political allies have wanted his public reputation restored since his acquittal in 2020.

After the US courts in 2023 overturned a law that was used to prosecute him, he launched a fresh appeal, which has now been allowed by a US appeal court, granting him a full acquittal.